AFGHANISTAN-BADAKHSHAN-CHECKPOINT

AFGHANISTAN-BADAKHSHAN-CHECKPOINT

(230107) -- BADAKHSHAN, Jan. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Security force members check vehicles at a checkpoint in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2023. The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BADAKHSHAN-CHECKPOINT

AFGHANISTAN-BADAKHSHAN-CHECKPOINT

(230107) -- BADAKHSHAN, Jan. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Security force members check a vehicle at a checkpoint in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2023. The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BADAKHSHAN-CHECKPOINT

AFGHANISTAN-BADAKHSHAN-CHECKPOINT

(230107) -- BADAKHSHAN, Jan. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Security force members check a vehicle at a checkpoint in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2023. The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

Afghan police destroy drug processing lab, arrest 2 in Badakhshan province

STORY: Afghan police destroy drug processing lab, arrest 2 in Badakhshan province DATELINE: Jan. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan police on duty on the streets STORYLINE: The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the units of counter-narcotic police launched an operation in Argo district of Badakhshan province on Wednesday, discovering and destroying a drug processing lab and arresting two persons from the site, the news agency reported. According to the media outlet, the police had also uncovered a huge number of materials used in manufacturing heroin from the site. Afghan authorities have intensified their crackdown on illicit drugs and those involved in the underground business as security person